Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550712024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.3 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Manitowoc County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Manitowoc County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 39,786 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Manitowoc County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Manitowoc County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 39,786 workers age 16+, including 36,670 workers with reported travel time and 3,116 home workers.
Population estimate81,406± — MOE
Workers age 16+39,786± 633 MOE
Workers with travel time36,670± 660 MOE
Estimated home workers3,116± 340 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Wisconsin reports →Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Manitowoc County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.